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Dad battles deadly tick bite illness after Lake District trip - Lancashire Telegraph 26th October 2009
"A FATHER-of-two is seriously ill with the potentially life-threatening Lyme Disease after being bitten by a blood-sucking parasite while in the Lake District.
Father of two, Kevin Slater, 48, was walking in Grisedale Valley, Patterdale, when he was bitten by a tick. "
British soldier 'came close to death' following sand fly bite in Iraq - Daily Telegraph 22nd September 2009
Lance Corporal Nick Coleman, a soldier awarded a medal for his bravery in Iraq, was left fighting for his life after being bitten by a tiny sand fly.
Bed bug infestations 'increasing' - BBC Health News 14th September 2009
There has been a massive increase in the number of bed bug infestations, according to a survey.
Statistics from councils in London and the Midlands show the rate increased three-fold in the past decade.
Bed bug infestations 'increasing' - BBC Health News 14th September 2009
There has been a massive increase in the number of bed bug infestations, according to a survey.
Statistics from councils in London and the Midlands show the rate increased three-fold in the last decade.
New malaria 'poses human threat' - BBC Health News 9th September 2009
An emerging new form of malaria poses a deadly threat to humans, research has shown.
It had been thought the parasite Plasmodium knowlesi infected only monkeys.
Why have my fingers turned white? - Daily Mail 7th September 2009
My fingers have suddenly turned white, from the middle knuckle to the tips. My friend says I am suffering from a condition called 'white finger', caused by using pneumatic tools over the years. Until last year I was an engineer and operating these tools was part of the job. Have you heard of this condition? Is it classed as an industrial injury?
Sweet smelling sweat keeps mosquitoes at bay - Daily Telegraph 5th September 2009
Scientists have discovered why some people are bitten less than others by mosquitoes and midges – their sweet-smelling sweat.
How flesh bug fools immune system - BBC Health News 25th August 2009
Scientists have shown how flesh-eating parasites responsible for the disfiguring tropical disease leishmaniasis dupe the immune system.
The parasites produce a gel which the latest study shows can fool specialised immune cells into feeding rather than killing them.
Ben Fogle: I nearly lost half my face to a flesh-eating bug... The only cure was injections of poison - Daily Mail 6th June 2009
For a man who, in the past six months, has been attacked by a disfiguring, flesh-eating parasite (twice), endured two rounds of toxic drug therapy and completed a gruelling race to the South Pole, TV presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle looks surprisingly well. True, he's lost weight and he's tired, but he's in characteristically good spirits.
'I'm not one to complain about illness,' he says. 'I suppose I have a bit of a stiff upper lip. I just tend to get on with things.'
Fogle's fight with flesh-eating bug - BBC Health News 4th June 2009
TV personality Ben Fogle has spoken of the his battle with the "wily" parasite which left him with a potentially fatal flesh-eating condition last year.
The 35-year-old is to be regularly monitored by doctors for the next few years to ensure the leishmaniasis infection - which he contracted after being bitten by a sand fly in the Peruvian jungle - does not come back again.
Campers warned about tick bites - BBC Health News 1st June 2009
Campers planning to holiday under canvas in the Highlands have been warned about the risk of contracting serious illness from tick bites.
The Tick Alert campaign group said there were 285 cases of Lyme disease in Scotland last year, compared with only three recorded cases in 1999.
Bedbug cases on the rise in NY - BBC Health News 27th March 2009
Most tourists visiting New York bring something back with them. Usually it's a plastic Statue of Liberty or an 'I heart NYC' T-shirt. For Rebecca Riis it was bedbugs, picked up in a notoriously grotty Manhattan hotel.
"I woke up in the middle of the night and was really itchy and thought, 'Oh no, what is this?' I realised I had basically been bitten all over," said Rebecca.
Mosquito laser gun offers new hope on malaria - The Times 15th March 2009
AMERICAN scientists are making a ray gun to kill mosquitoes. Using technology developed under the Star Wars anti-missile programme, the zapper is being built in Seattle where astrophysicists have created a laser that locks onto airborne insects.
Scientists have speculated for years that lasers might be used against mosquitoes, which kill nearly 1m people a year through malaria.
Bedbugs return to British hotels - The Independent 9th March 2009
The voracious Cimex lectularius, scourge of sleepers for centuries, has returned to Britain's hotels. Martin Hickman reports on a plague in a mattress near you
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